The Personal Finance Podcast

How Companies Are Quietly Robbing You! With Lindsay Owens

The Personal Finance Podcast

Show Notes

The store already knows how much you are willing to pay. They are just waiting for the right moment to charge you that exact amount.

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What You'll Learn in This Episode

What surveillance pricing is and why it is already happening to you at over 250 companies

The JetBlue confession that accidentally blew the lid off the entire industry

How Walmart's new digital shelf tags could change your grocery price while you are standing in the aisle

Why you and the person next to you are probably paying different prices for the exact same thing

The three types of data companies collect to figure out the maximum you will pay

Three practical things you can do right now to avoid being quietly overcharged

Why lower income shoppers often end up paying the most and what needs to change

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Book/s Mentioned

Gouged: The End of a Fair Price and What That Means for Your Wallet (Releases September 29, 2026)

Publisher: Penguin Viking

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Watch Next

12 Financial Rules of Thumb That Let You Spend More on What You Love https://youtu.be/36HG6VHnA08

How to RETIRE BY 30! (With Cody Berman) https://youtu.be/ffKv6M69SRI

How to Manage Your Money (and Still Enjoy Life) https://youtu.be/BWocw8B-xnY

The Housing Market Is Rigged (Here's How to Beat It) With David Sidoni https://youtu.be/ccXY6vTNJu0

Focus on THIS in Retirement (Everything Else is Noise) https://youtu.be/afrCCLz4aJ4

Connect with Lindsay Owens

Personal Accounts

X: https://twitter.com/owenslindsay1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-a-owens-phd-3737032/

Organization (Groundwork Collaborative)

Website: https://groundworkcollaborative.org

Lindsay's Bio Page: https://groundworkcollaborative.org/person/lindsay-owens/

X: @Groundwork

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/groundwork-collaborative

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